Scholarship Opportunity for Oral Health Leaders. The
Northeast Delta Dental Foundation has contributed $2,500 to support
two scholarships for the 2014 Nonprofit Leadership Institute for New
Executive Directors to the Maine Association of Nonprofits. These
two scholarships will be available to applicants who have three or
less years experience as leaders in the oral health field or health
care setting with an oral health component or program.
The full details are
here.

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Conference proceedings for "All One Body:
Creating Optimal Health Outcomes - A Symposium for Medical and
Dental Health Providers," are in under the RESOURCES
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Don't miss out on MDAC's Annual Fall Conference - "All One Body:
Creating Optimal Health Outcomes - A Symposium for Medical and
Dental Health Providers," to be held at the Morgan Hill Event Center
in Hermon, Maine, on Friday, October 18th from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm.
For more information on the conference and/or to register, go to
http://mcdph.org/regdetail.asp?L=360.

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This years Oral Health Hero Event was well attended as
Coalition members and legislators celebrated the accomplishments of
the Dental Home Initiative ( Dr John Willis, State Leader with
Bonnie Vaughan IDPH & Project Coordinator, Bev Litchfield RDH,
Donald Cassidy DMD, Head Start was represented by Janice Hatch,
MaineCare by Luc Nya.). Kathryn Young LD and the Lincoln County
CarePartners, Mary Repole RDH, and Senate President Justin Alfond.

Maine Received an "A " from the Pew Center on the States for it
use of dental sealants. It was one of only 2 states to receive the
maximum number of points. The Report Card is
here , the
full report is
here, and a nice "infographic" illustrating the importance of
sealants is
here.

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The Maine Oral Health Coalition is the recipient of a $15,000
operating support grant from the Northeast Delta Dental Foundation.
Thank you Northeast Delta
Dental!